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List of Pictures
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Preface
Abbreviations

1 Introduction - Trends in the Debate about Railways
Introduction
Trends in the Debate about Railways
Thai Studies and Railways
Objectives and Scope
The Sources
Components of the Study
2 Conditions of Transport prior to Railway Construction
Coastal Shipping
Inland Shipping
Land Transport
Time-distance Map before Railways Construction
3 Commodity Flows prior to Railway Construction
The Upper Chaophraya Basin
The Mekong Basin
The Malay Peninsula
Bangkok asa an Entrepo^t and Its Hinterlands
4 The Introduction of Railways and the Establishment of Railway Policy
Moving towards Railways Construction
Construction of the First State Railway
Response to Private Railways
Expansion of State Railways
Establishing a Policy of Railway Expansion
5 The Age of Railway Development- Transitions in Railway Policy
Prince Kamphaengphetユs Organizational Reforms
Expansion and Unification of Railway Netwarks
Developments of Railway Transport
The Changing Roles of Railways
6 Direct and Indirect Effects of Railways
Railways and Their Direct Effects
Railways and Rice Transport - An Example of Price
Standardization
Railways and Pig Transport - Creating a New Commodity Flow
Railways and Wood Transport
Direct Effects of Railways and Changes to Commodity Flow
7 Railways and the Economic Integration of Thailand
Expansion of Bangkokユs Hinterland - The North
Maintenance of Bagkokユs Hinterland - The Northeast
Strengthening Relations with Bangkok - The South
Economic Roles of Railways
8 Conclusion - Railway Construction and Commodity Flow

Notes
Bibliography
Index